Observers say Ukraine will be high on the agenda when Chinese President Xi Jinping travels to France, Serbia and Hungary next month, while the West will be watching Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s visit to China for signs Beijing is supporting Moscow’s war efforts.
Washington has ‘seriously harmed’ Chinese interests with moves to suppress the country’s economy and trade, foreign ministry official says.
The US has floated the prospect of higher duties on Chinese steel and aluminium just days before Blinken is expected in Beijing.
US Space Command chief Stephen Whiting says Beijing has contacted US about two space-related matters in past six months, according to news site.
Zhao is the most senior Chinese official to visit Pyongyang since the country reopened its borders last year in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic
Assets held in mainland China by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and General Dynamics Land Systems will be frozen, Beijing says.
Rwandan envoy James Kimonyo says both the US and China are his country’s friends and tensions between the two should be settled systematically.
After attacks in Russia and Pakistan, analysts expect more focus on combating terrorism when China chairs the SCO in July.
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reiterates need to ‘closely communicate on areas of concern’ after first day of talks with Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng in Guangzhou.
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrived in southern Chinese city of Guangzhou Thursday evening on the first leg of her week-long trip.
The group’s members now account for over 40 per cent of the global population but tensions among member states, including China and India, may limit its effectiveness on the world stage.
Beijing says ‘the security of diplomatic institutions cannot be violated’ after the attack on diplomatic buildings in the Syrian capital Damascus.
Chinese leader calls for two nations to push for an ‘equal and orderly multipolar world’. Visiting Indonesian president-elect says he supports development of closer ties.
Chinese scholar Da Wei tells Beijing forum recent deterioration in major power relations are ‘very difficult times’.
Political scientist Li Cheng talks geopolitics, Trump, Taiwan and Hong Kong in wide-ranging interview.
Wang Kejian and Ismail Haniyeh talk in first meeting between a Chinese official and the militant group since war began.
Beijing is a reliable friend and sincere partner for countries in Africa, Xi Jinping tells visiting Angolan President Joao Lourenco.
China’s defence ministry says Philippines ‘resorted to deception’ and ‘played victim’ in latest clash near contested Second Thomas Shoal.
Deepening competition ‘quite profound’ with technology ‘at the heart of the battle’ ambassador tells think tank seminar.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi sends message to US, the world and domestic audience that China ‘is very strong’ during press briefing, analyst says.
Wang used his appearance in front of the world’s media to criticise US ‘tactics to suppress China’ and warn against support for Taiwanese independence
After two years of war, China hasn’t been able to help broker peace in Ukraine. But that could be about to change.
In meeting with German foreign policy adviser Jens Plotner, top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi calls on Berlin to avoid ‘de-sinicisation’ as Brussels plans to strengthen foreign investment screening and tighten controls on tech exports to rivals.
Nicholas Burns told an event in Beijing that ‘China’s silence on the existential issue of Ukrainian sovereignty and independence is deafening’.
The timing of the trips has remained consistent but their purpose has shifted since Qian Qichen started the convention in 1991.
In this issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we look at Beijing’s response to the Israel-Gaza war and the Red Sea crisis following attacks by Houthi rebels that have disrupted global shipping.
Questions have been raised about the former general’s possible role in 1998 anti-Chinese riots, but analysts believe he will want strong ties with Beijing.
Manasseh Sogavare alarmed Canberra and the US by signing a security pact with China, but has pledged to adopt a ‘friends to all’ approach to foreign policy.
Pyongyang’s announcement that it has developed and tested the new system ‘could prove tricky for China’ according to one analyst.
Beijing ’wants to stop the war’, Switzerland’s Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis says, though there is no ‘immediate answer’ on whether Chinese President Xi Jinping will join Swiss-hosted peace summit.
